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Bao Si (Second Queen of king you of Zhou)

Baosi is named Chen Si in historical records and Xiu Si in biography of lienu. The date of birth and death is unknown. Si is her surname. She was born in Baoguo (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province), the second queen of Jigong, king you of Zhou, the biological mother of Prince Ji Bofu, and the stepmother of Ji Yijiu, King Ping of Zhou.

In 779 B.C., king you of Zhou attacked Baoguo, defeated Baoguo, and offered Baosi to surrender. The king of Zhou you was very fond of her after he got the commendation. In 778 BC, Bao Si gave birth to his son Ji Bofu for king you of Zhou. From then on, king you of Zhou favored Baosi even more, and finally deposed queen Shen Hou and Prince Ji Yijiu, and made Baosi queen and Ji Bofu prince.

In 771 BC, Shen Hou, the father of Shen Hou, united with the state of Zhu and the dog army to attack the king of Zhou you. The king of Zhou you and Ji Bofu were killed under the Lishan Mountain, and Baosi was taken away by the dog army. From then on, his whereabouts were unknown, and the Western Zhou Dynasty perished.

Life of the characters

You Wang's favorite

Baosi, whose surname is Si, was born in Baoguo (now the central part of Hanzhong City and the south of Liuba County in Shaanxi Province). Baoguo etiquette system "women call the state and surname. Baosi is called Baosi because she is a member of Baoguo and has the surname Si.

In the third year of king you of Zhou (779 BC), king you of Zhou attacked Baoguo, and Baoguo was defeated, so he gave his beautiful woman Baosi to beg for surrender. The king of Zhou you was very fond of her after he got the commendation.

Queen

In 778 BC, Baosi gave birth to a son named Bofu. After Baosi gave birth to her son Bofu, king you of Zhou favored her even more. In the eighth year of king you of Zhou (774 BC), king you of Zhou deposed queen Shenhou (daughter of Shenhou, king you of Zhou, who originally made her queen, so she was called Shenhou) and Prince Yijiu (born of Shenhou, namely King Ping of Zhou), and appointed Baosi as Queen and Bofu as Prince.

One's whereabouts is a mystery.

In 771 BC, marquis Shen, the father of empress Shen, was annoyed by the deposing of his daughter, empress Shen, and his grandson Yijiu, so he united with the state of Zhu (now Fangcheng, Henan Province) and Xiyi dog army to attack the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty, hojing (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), defeated the sixth division of the Imperial Guard of the Western Zhou Dynasty, killed the king of Zhou at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and Baosi was abducted by dog army. From then on, his whereabouts were unknown Zhou Dynasty perished.

Main impact

The flames of war

According to historical records, Baosi didn't like to laugh. King you of Zhou tried to make her laugh, but she didn't. King you of Zhou set up a beacon tower and a drum. When the enemy came, he lit the beacon and called for reinforcements. Once, king you of Zhou lit a beacon fire, and all the princes came with their troops. When the princes arrived, they found that there was no enemy. When Bao Si saw that the princes were in a panic, he really laughed. King you of Zhou was very happy, so he lit the beacon fire many times. Later, the princes were no longer trustworthy and gradually refused to answer the call. Later, the Shenguo united with the state of ZA and Xiyi dog army to attack king you of Zhou. King you of Zhou ignited the beacon fire and called the princes to rescue, but the princes did not come to rescue. In the end, he killed king you of Zhou Dynasty and captured Bao Si.

Character controversy

cry wolf 

In the outline of national history, Qian Mu questioned the record of "Warlords" in historical records: "this is the talk of villains in the alley. What's so ridiculous about the fact that the princes can't see the beacon coming together, and when they hear that there are no bandits, they will cease their troops and go away? It was the Han people who prepared Xiongnu's ears to raise the beacon and spread the police. In the battle of Lishan Mountain, the king of you raised his troops to seek an application, and there was no need to raise a beacon. "

In 2012, when Tsinghua University in Beijing sorted out the bamboo slips of the Warring States period (Tsinghua bamboo slips), it was found that the description on the bamboo slips deviated from the story of "Warlords". Qinghua bamboo slips record that the king of Zhou you took the initiative to attack the original Shenhou foreign country, and the Marquis of Shen contacted the Rong family to defeat the king of Zhou you, which led to the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty. There is no story of "Warlords" in Tsinghua bamboo slips. Liu Guozhong, a professor at the center for research and protection of unearthed documents at Tsinghua University, said that historians had questioned the "Warlords" and thought that the records of the historian contained only "novelists' words". To some extent, the contents of Qinghua bamboo slips support this kind of query, thus partially overthrowing the records of historical records.

Historical evaluation

"The book of Songs:" he Zong Zhou, Bao Si destroy it

Sima Qian's records of the Historian: "Zhou Zhixing also took Jiang Yuan and Da Ren as his source, and the birds of you king also played a role in CHEN Si. Therefore, the book of changes is based on heaven and earth, and the poem begins to close the Ju, the book is beautiful, and the spring and Autumn period is not welcome. "

Liu Xiang's biography of lienvzhuan: "the sleeve dragon changes, the sleeve Si is born, the king is promoted, the Empress Dowager is abandoned, the beacon is raised to the soldiers, and the bandits are not laughed at. He applies to the Marquis to attack the Zhou Dynasty, and the sacrifice is destroyed."

Hu Zeng's "Ode to epic · Baocheng" is full of freedom because of his love and love, and Lishan Mountain plays the princes with fire. Only know a smile to pour people country, don't feel Hu dust full of jade building.

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